C/D Infotainment Rating:

The i8’s infotainment system will be familiar to owners of less exoticBMWs. The system is largely intuitive, but the reliance on ever-more specific menu screens that must be backed out of one by one is an annoyance. It’s also slow to respond to inputs and lacks connectivity points.

Infotainment Features

Infotainment Response Time, C/D Test Results

By filming the infotainment screen while switching between various menus and then analyzing the high-speed video frame by frame, we are able to accurately measure the system’s response time. We rate infotainment response, or latency, on the following scale:

We’d appreciate more connectivity options. Power points are limited to a single USB port and one 12-volt outlet, and the infotainment system’s standard inclusion of a CD player rather than a second USB port is perplexing at best—or perhaps reveals the anticipated age of i8 buyers.

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